of prague as the gunman opened fire at charles university s faculty of arts in the city s old town a major tourist attraction. authorities evacuated staff and students, who were told to stay put and lock themselves inside classrooms. as you can see from these pcictures, some climbed on to rooftops and window ledges to escape the gunfire. police said the gunman was a 24 year old student who s been named by local media as david kozak. the shooting is the deadliest in the czech republic s history in a country where gun crime is relatively rare. sarah rainsford reports from prague. the centre of prague was suddenly transformed into a major crime scene. armed police rushed towards a university building as a gunman stalked the corridors there. at this point, he was still on the loose. and these were the scenes at charles university. desperate students clinging for their lives to a ledge. their fear of falling overtaken by the fear of the gunman metres away on the roof. as the
they confirmed that lenka hlavkova the head of the university s institute of musicology was one of those shot dead. outside the university, people have been leaving flowers and candles. saturday has been declared a day of national mourning across the czech republic. in a friday morning news conference, police showed bodycam video from their officers. it shows them entering the building to find the gunman. there had been some criticism of their response, but the police said the time between receiving the first emergency call and officers stepping into the building was four minutes. police said the gunman took his own life following the attack. he s been named by local media as 24 year old student david kozak. let s get more from that news conference where prague s chief police officer gave his reaction to thursday s shooting. translation: i was there on site. i was severely impacted by and shattered to see it. and i ve been with the police force for a0 years. around 220, 2
of the decision for response to the dire situation on the ground. palestinian ambassador called it a step in the right direction but calls for an immediate cease fire sitting to two point million palestinians have been fighting for their lives and facing death. israel s and bass criticised and seen the us should have focused on humanitarian crisis of the hostages. and we think the us at our correspondent send this update. after a long drawn out diplomacy, the draughting and redrafting finally the moment of truth and wide show support for the security council members was no surprise. responding to the cause for a sustainable station of hostility and humanitarian aid. not in the world that we want. always not in the world that we want. always run the us and russia and in the end, the both abstained and it was not a veto and so, the resolution passed. on the ground its immediate practical implications were limited. the us did much to tone down the language motivated by what se
one from the netherlands and two from the united arab emirates. all those killed were czech nationals. the shooting happened in the heart of prague as the gunman opened fire at charles university s faculty of arts in the city s old town, which is a major tourist attraction. authorities evacuated staff and students, who were told to stay put and lock themselves inside classrooms. as you can see from these pictures some climbed on to rooftops and window ledges to escape the gunfire. police said the gunman took his own life following the attack. he s been named by local media as 24 year old student david kozak. a member of the prague police force gave this description of the response to the incident using footage filmed by cameras mounted on police officers to illustrate what had happened. translation: this classroom was, the attack was three translation: this classroom was, the attack was three hours, translation: this classroom was, the attack was three hours, make